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This book explores the ways aesthetic considerations shape how international crimes are recognized and categorized. It identifies a dominant aesthetic model of atrocities as horrific spectacles and identifies various forms of mass violence, from the enforcement of famine conditions to socio-economic oppression, that fail to conform to this model.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Visible and invisible atrocity crimes; 2. The atrocity aesthetic: International crimes as horrific spectacles; 3. Maintaining invisibility: Aesthetic perception and the recognition of international crimes; 4. Unspectacular atrocities and international criminal law; 5. Visible and invisible international crimes: Cambodia and beyond introduction; 6. The costs of invisibility: An incomplete list introduction; 7. Aesthetic bias and legal legitimacy: An interactional assessment; 8. Conclusion: Addressing the many forms of atrocity crimes.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108487412, 978-1108487412
      ISBN10: 1108487416
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book explores the ways aesthetic considerations shape how international crimes are recognized and categorized. It identifies a dominant aesthetic model of atrocities as horrific spectacles and identifies various forms of mass violence, from the enforcement of famine conditions to socio-economic oppression, that fail to conform to this model.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: Visible and invisible atrocity crimes; 2. The atrocity aesthetic: International crimes as horrific spectacles; 3. Maintaining invisibility: Aesthetic perception and the recognition of international crimes; 4. Unspectacular atrocities and international criminal law; 5. Visible and invisible international crimes: Cambodia and beyond introduction; 6. The costs of invisibility: An incomplete list introduction; 7. Aesthetic bias and legal legitimacy: An interactional assessment; 8. Conclusion: Addressing the many forms of atrocity crimes.

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